banes

plural of bane

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of banes But along with ready cash, the laissez-faire approach brought the banes of corruption, criminal infiltration, and rampant pollution. Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Oct. 2025 The aforementioned around-town mileage, for example, was one of the biggest banes of the Jeep owner's existence. New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for banes
Noun
  • The source of a zombie outbreak can come from anywhere, including ancient curses and meteorites from space.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That mindset leads to no shortage of delightfully blasé supernatural adventures rife with magic and curses.
    Abby Monteil, Them., 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In that timespan, prosecutors say Craig researched poisons and then bought arsenic, cyanide and other deadly substances and used them to kill his wife, Angela Craig.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • It is built for gas exchange, not for filtering poisons.
    Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Increment 4 program, which aims to equip smaller, faster vehicles with scalable turrets capable of tackling a range of threats.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The letter, which mentioned the recent death of Charlie Kirk, was sent to Johnson’s home in Tampa, Florida, and included violent threats, court documents say.
    Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • New diseases pop up all the time.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Because each cell type is cultured separately, they can be genetically edited to study specific diseases or therapeutic responses.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Environmental advocates say the new regulation of air toxics, which was required under a 2022 bill called Public Protections From Toxic Air Contaminants, will make the state’s air cleaner and its people healthier.
    Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Banes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banes. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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